Affidavit filed by the Chief Wildlife Warden, Assam in the matter of news item titled "the last feral horses in India" appearing in Mongabay, November 5, 2024. The matter relates to the critically endangered status of feral horses in the Dibru-Saikhowa National Park as well as of smuggling of these …
A key component of achieving universal health coverage is ensuring that all populations have access to quality health care. Examining where gains have occurred or progress has faltered across and within countries is crucial to guiding decisions and strategies for future improvement. We used the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, …
The high-level committee has approved Rs 480.87 crore for Assam as central flood assistance to the State. The high-level committee met in New Delhi on Monday with Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh in the chair. The meeting was attended by Union Minister for Agriculture Radha Mohan Singh, Union Home Secretary …
Guwahati: Kamrup (metro) deputy commissioner Virendra Mittal on Monday directed the forest department to conduct a survey to identify the problems during movements of elephants in the district. Mittal issued the order in a stakeholders' meeting attended by officials of the forest department, the district administration and members of an …
Biotechnology is the most contemporary science and technology of research and development that has made significant progress. In recent years, a massive translation of biotechnology into economic benefits has been realized due to its application in the development of products, processes and services in agriculture, animal husbandry and fisheries, healthcare, …
Japanese encephalitis (JE) has been taking a heavy toll on Assam – the worst ever in the country. Even as the death toll by this vector-borne disease in the State keeps on falling since 2014, the State is still the leader in the country when the number of people claimed …
The cashless scheme, 'Atal Amrit Abhiyan', will cover 92 per cent of the state's population with annual income below Rs 5 lakh, he said. Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu today launched a health scheme of the Assam government that offers free medical care of up to Rs 2 lakh for …
GUWAHATI: The European Union is providing technical assistance to the solar park at Amguri in Upper Assam. The 70MW solar park is the first-ever facility in the Northeast. The project was tendered recently. “Under the EU-India Clean Energy and Climate Partnership, the EU has provided technical assistance to the Solar …
The recent Nasa findings that ornamental plants release maximum oxygen seem to have prompted the Assam government to plan massive urban agriculture and vertical farming to grow such plants, fruits and vegetables. The draft agriculture policy, 2018, prepared by the state agriculture department, said outsourcing spaces available in urban and …
Soil fertility has direct implications on the agricultural production scenarios of a region. Surface soil samples at 1 km grid were collected to assess the fertility status of Lakhimpur district (Assam) in North East India. Fertility parameters like soil organic carbon, available nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, iron, manganese, zinc and copper …
MORIGAON: A total of 102 rhinos have been counted in Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary here during a census carried out by the state's forest department, a senior official said on Sunday. The one-horned rhino census was conducted after six years in the sanctuary, which has vast tracks of swamp land. Divisional …
As many as 32 financial institutions – 21 public sector banks, nine private sector banks and two State rural banks – have been extending loans to registered farmers in Assam. This came to light when State Agriculture Minister Atul Bora was replying to a question from BJP MLA Mrinal Saikia …
The Assam government today told the National Green Tribunal that it has sanctioned a budget of Rs 11 crore for installation of sensor-operated automated traffic barriers to control the death of animals in road accidents near the Kaziranga National Park. The state government informed a bench headed by Justice Jawad …
Noted geographer Prof. Abani Kumar Bhagawati of Gauhati University has said that without studying it deep taming the Brahmaputra is an impossible proposition. He has also said that while going to tame the river one has to keep it in mind the valuable riparian culture and nature should not be …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rohit Choudhury Vs Union of India & Others dated 01/02/2018 regarding animal deaths in Kaziranga National Park due to accidents on the highway. The State of Assam has placed before the Court an alternative proposal to installation of Automated Animal …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of R. Sreedhar Vs Union of India & Others dated 25/01/2018 regarding illegal sand and boulders mining within the Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary/Makum Pani Reserved Forest, Digboi Division, Assam. The Original Application pertains to : (i) illegal …
Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) announced cleanliness awards as part of the ongoing Swachh Survekshan 2018 initiated by Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. Swachh Survekshan is a comprehensive examination undertaken by Government of India to assess development and achievement by cities against defined goals of the Swachh Bharat Mission. …
Students of nine schools of Kamrup district received free insurance policy of Rs 20,000 for dengue under the collaboration of a social-based organisation Drishtee and CAFE India under the Behtar India Campaign on January 3, 4 and 8, a press release stated. A total 3,333 students of the nine schools …
GUWAHATI: Increasing levels of air pollution have been ringing alarm bells for long and now the city civic body is poised to prepare a draft action plan to bring it under control with the help of an international organisation. Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC)-in partnership with Clean Air Asia (CAA)-that aims …
With the current trend of land use/land cover (LULC) change taking place globally, several parts of northeast India are also showing signs of change in LULC pattern leading to forest loss. This study focusses on the expansion of monoculture rubber plantation (Hevea brasiliensis) in selected sub-watersheds in northeast India, and …
GUWAHATI: The city will from Tuesday host a two-day workshop for coming up with an action plan to improve air quality. "Guwahati is among the few cities selected across India and the first in the northeast to take up the air action plan initiative. It will allow a wider discussion …
